United States Third Circuit

In a class action against former employer on grounds of racial discrimination, a petition for permission to appeal a denial of class certification is dismissed where petitioner's Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 23(f) petition was untimely.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/13/2008
• Decided 04/22/2008
• Published 04/22/2008

Judges

• Before:  FUENTES, CHAGARES, and VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cyrus Mehri, Esq., Pamela Coukos, Esq. (Argued), Woodley Osborne, Esq., Nicole M. Austin-Hillery, Esq., Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, Washington, D.C., Scott Alan George, Esq., Seeger Weiss, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Bennet D. Zurofsky, Esq., Reitman Parsonnet, PC, Newark, NJ, Barry Goldstein, Esq., Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian, Oakland, CA, Counsel for Petitioners., Kelly M. Dermody, Esq., Allison Elgart, Esq., Daniel M. Hutchinson, Esq., Jahan C. Sagafi, Esq., Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Rachel J. Geman, Esq., Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY, Counsel for Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Esq., Jeh Charles Johnson, Esq. (Argued), Maria Keane, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY, Donald R. Livingston, Esq., Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, D.C., Francis X. Dee, Esq., McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Newark, NJ, R. Lawrence Ashe, Esq., Nancy Rafuse, Esq., Ashe Rafuse & Hill, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Counsel for Respondent.